China’s progress in a challenging period of economic reform: Xi, Li Yuan, and the U.S. Presidential Resummation

Xi, who for years promoted the importance of economic reform, largely avoided the topic and focused on issues of national security and corruption. His speech made it clear that China is not moving away from the open, just and prosperous nation that many Chinese elites once thought would happen, Li Yuan wrote in her New New World column.

The professor at the top academy helped train thousands of high-ranking cadres. The economist would be the winner of the 2012 economics prize in China. A young historian planning to teach a class about contemporary Chinese history, including sensitive periods like the Cultural Revolution.

In other news from China, the government said it was delaying indefinitely the release of economic data that had been expected to show continued lackluster performance.

The country’s National Bureau of Statistics updated its schedule on Monday, with the dates for a series of economic indicators – including the closely-watched GDP growth – marked as “delayed.” The indicators, which had been scheduled for release on Tuesday, also include quarterly retail sales, industrial production and monthly unemployment rates.

The delay suggests that the 20th Party Congress is the most important thing happening in China right now and that the government would like to avoid other information flows that could create mixed messages.

The GDP declined in the second quarter from the previous one, reversing the growth in the first quarter. The economy expanded 0.4% in the second quarter.

The delay would make sense “from an image management perspective,” he said. Some economists call two consecutive quarters of contraction a technical recession.

Analysts have widely expected third-quarter growth to remain weak, as strict Covid curbs, an intensifying crisis in real estate, and slowing global demand continue to pressure the economy.

China’s GDP expanded by 3% in 2022, less than the official target of around 5.5%, due to Covid restrictions. When the initial Covid outbreak paralyzed the economy in 2020, the annual growth rate was the second lowest since 1976.

If the two largest economies in the world are both in recession, we should all be prepared for a global financial market reaction.

Hu added that the target might be hard to meet, as the economy faces several structural headwinds, such as the property downturn, an aging population, and rising US-China tensions.

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Poised to secure a groundbreaking third term when the Communist Party congress concludes this week, Xi defended his hard-line reign in a sweeping speech and insisted that the party must remain united under his rule against an increasingly hostile West.

The economic expectations are high as China moves ever closer to reemerging from a three year Covid isolation.

Beijing’s recent pivot from its stringent zero-Covid strategy — which had long choked businesses — is expected to inject vitality into the world’s second-largest economy next year.

Bo Zhuang, senior analyst at a Boston-based investment firm said he believed that China is not prepared to deal with Covidius, and is likely to experience chaos in the short run.

There are other factors that are dragging on the economy. In 2023, experts will continue to watch how policymakers attempt to fix the country’s ailing real estate sector, which accounts for nearly 30% of its GDP.

The process of reopening is likely to be volatile and difficult, with the economy likely to see a rough ride in the first few months of the year.

In December, after the Communist Party abruptly ended its zero-Covid policy, a massive wave of infections swept across the country, throwing supply chains and factories into chaos. In January the disruptions started to fade away, and the economic recovery picked up last month.

The abruptness of the easing of restrictions left the public without a lot of warning and left them to fend for themselves.

Zhuang believes that the reopening may cause a wave of Covid cases that could overwhelm the health care system.

Already, the rapid spread of infection has driven many people indoors and emptied shops and restaurants. Factories and companies have also been forced to shut or cut production because more workers are getting sick.

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Other experts also expect the economy to recover after March. In a recent research report, HSBC economists projected a 0.5% contraction in the first quarter, but 5% growth overall for 2023.

The crisis in the industry — which started late in 2021 when several high-profile developers defaulted on their debt — has delayed or halted construction of pre-sold homes across the country. That sparked a rare protest this year by home buyers who couldn’t pay their mortgage on unfinished homes.

Beijing has made a number of attempts to rescue the sector, but the figures still show a gloomy picture.

At a key policy meeting earlier this month, top leaders vowed to focus on boosting the economy next year, suggesting they would roll out new measures that improve the financial condition of the property sector and boost market confidence.

The measures that have been announced are not enough to drive a turn around, according to analysts from Capital Economics.

But in recent months, the trade sector — which makes up around a fifth of China’s GDP and supplies 180 million jobs — has started showing cracks from a global economic slowdown.

China’s outbound shipments fell 8.7% last month compared to a year earlier. The performance was the worst since February of 2020 when the Chinese economy was in a state of standstill after the first coronaviruses outbreak.

Both figures for the coming year were released at the opening of the annual gathering of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, which draws nearly 3,000 delegates to Beijing for the next eight days.

“China’s economy is staging a steady recovery and demonstrating vast potential and momentum for further growth,” outgoing Premier Li Keqiang told delegates while delivering a government work report at the opening of the congress on Sunday.

The economy added more than 12 million urban jobs last year, with the urban unemployment rate falling to 5.5%, according to the work report, which emphasized China’s focus on ensuring stable growth, employment and prices amid global inflation and set the GDP target.

China also announced on Sunday it would increase military spending this year by 7.2% from the year before, for a total of 1.55 trillion yuan ($220 billion). That’s far below what the U.S. is projected to spend in three years.

The increase in military spending over the past two years has been higher than the previous year, because of a regional arms race and rising tensions. The figure stays below double-digit expansion as has been the case for the last few years.

“The armed forces should intensify military training and preparedness across the board, develop new military strategic guidance, devote greater energy to training under combat conditions and make well-coordinated efforts to strengthen military work in all directions and domains,” Li’s work report said.

In the opening day proceedings, the GDP target and military spending are some of the most watched since there is a chance of China pulling out of its zero-covid policy this year. The new figure appears modest against what some analysts had predicted could be a more robust aim for the year ahead.

The Two Session is a yearly event that coincides with the NPC meeting and includes a gathering of China’s top political advisory body.

This is the first Two Sessions since Chinese leader Xi Jinping secured a norm-breaking third term atop the Chinese Communist Party hierarchy in October. He is set to be re-elected as President during the congress.

Official data released Wednesday showed China’s factories had their best month in nearly 11 years in February, underscoring how quickly economic activity has bounced back following the end of the Covid exit wave. The services and construction industries also had their best performance in two years.

The target of around 5% was announced on Sunday, which was in line with analysts predictions of a difficult track to recovery for China.

The global economy will weaken further this year as rising interest rates and Russia’s war in Ukraine continue to weigh on activity, the International Monetary Fund estimated in January. The global growth rate will slow from 3.4% to 2.9% over the course of a decade.

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China’s import and export data will be released for the first two months of the year on Tuesday, providing a glimpse into demand for global trade.

The Communist Party leadership will approve key appointments to the new economic team, which will be unveiled during the congress. The meeting will begin on March 13 and end on March 13.

The new economic team will face the tough task of reviving the Chinese economy as it navigates a growing array of challenges, including sluggish consumption, rising unemployment, a historic downturn in real estate, and increasing tension with the United States over technology sanctions.

The percentage of GDP China spends on defense has remained stable over the years. It is lower than the world average, according to Wang.

The target is slightly lower than last year’s goal of “around 5.5%”, which was set before the Omicron variant of COVID-19 started to challenge the government’s “zero COVID” policy, leading to mass lockdowns, forced quarantines and a sharp drop-off in economic activity.

It is necessary to prioritize economic stability and pursuit of progress this year. The opening ceremony of a series of annual meetings of the country’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, was presided over by Li.

The meetings, involving about 3,000 delegates from across the country, are a chance to review the year’s achievements and preview upcoming legislative proposals, though delegates rarely cast dissenting votes.

Beijing Re-unification and the State of the Union: Wang Chao Addressing Beijing’s Budget Increase in the Light of a “Cosmological Security Challenge”

China’s parliamentary spokesperson Wang Chao told reporters this weekend that the budget increase this year was quote “relatively moderate and reasonable” and a response to the “complex security challenges” in the world.”

In his article, Li suggests that Beijing is willing to re-unify with Taiwan peacefully rather than using force.

“We must persist in implementing the Party’s overall strategy for resolving the Taiwan issue,” he said. “It is necessary to promote economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation between the two sides of the strait.”

For the most part, Li’s speech — a kind of “state of the union” delivered to the National People’s Congress — focused heavily on the economy, an area of policy that he has nominally been in charge of since 2013.

He said that “zero carbon” policies have hurt tech, education, and other sectors of the economy, and that the government should deepen reform and opening and boost market confidence.

Analysts say Li’s authority has been curtailed by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who played more direct role in the economy than his recent predecessors. parliament will pick a new premier in about a week.

The appointment of Li Qiang, a close ally of the president, is expected to be part of his efforts to consolidate his power as he prepares for a rare third term in office. The two Lis are not related.

In his speech on Sunday, Li Keqiang repeated calls for the government to prioritize the expansion of domestic demand, something that economists say is necessary to push China’s economy beyond its reliance on investment.